"CPPT Warmup" $100 NLH ($30,000 GTD): Official End Of Flight 1A Chip Counts

"Card Player Poker Tour Warmup"
$100 No Limit Hold'em ($30,000 GTD)
Level 16 (Blinds 3,000/6,000/6,000)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 42
Flight 1A Players Remaining: 5

Stanton	Drazen	192,000
Nathan	Hinz	117,000
Joakim	Dag	115,000
Melvyn	Littman	106,000
Jonathan	Marcu	59,000

Wednesday, August 1st: Igor Merda Wins 2018 FSPC Main Event, August Kicks Off With $100 NLH Multi ($30,000 GTD)

ICYMI: Day 3 of the 2018 Florida State Poker Championships $1,500 NLH Main Event had a little bit of everything, including a more than deserving champion.  It wouldn't do the tournament justice to condense the recap into a three or four sentence blurb, so we are going to post the official results of the final table, and follow that up with a full recap "feature."  Blog followers can expect the recap to be posted over the next (24) hours, but those that can't wait to find out how the day played out, can scroll back to the already posted coverage.

1. Igor Merda (Miami, FL) $145,517
2. Jonathan Jaffe (Longmeadow, MA) $102,005
3. Dmitri Perfilev (Boca Raton, FL) $65,587
4. Adam Adler (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $46,476
5. Antonio Salorio (Coral Springs, FL) $35,679
6. Marc Duquette (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $29,390
7. Michael Moreno (Boca Raton, FL) $24,365
8. David Shmuel (Miami, FL) $19,370
9. Steve Karp (Miami, FL) $14,550
10. Seth Gilson (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) $12,038

While the main event was playing out, the final event of the 2018 Florida State Poker Championship was getting underway (3:00pm).  Event #17 was a $130 No Limit Hold'em tournament, which boasted a $15,000 guaranteed prize pool.  After eight levels of open registration, the event would close with a total of (156) entries, and an official prize pool of $15,132.  The money would be reached when (20) players remained, as the tournament's action played down to four-handed, at which point a deal was agreed to.  Vito Polera (Coral Springs, FL) was declared the tournament's winner, and would be awarded the final trophy of the series.  Official final table results are posted below:

1. Vito Polera (Coral Springs, FL) $3,149
2. Joel Gibbons (Boynton Beach, FL) $2,560
3. Patricia Conrad (Wellington, FL) $1,889
4. Michael Ingber (Boca Raton, FL) $1,607
5. Tom Millward (Boca Raton, FL) $730
6. Joe Pozos (Lewes, DE) $605
7. Nicholas Visconti (Delray Beach, FL) $526
8. Andrew Turzak (Boynton Beach, FL) $472
9. Chad Millward (Boca Raton, FL) $407
10. Marcus Wu-Hamel (Vero Beach, FL) $356

Tournaments: Just because the Florida State Poker Championships has ended, doesn't mean there is any lull in the action.  Today starts the month's first multi, a $100 No Limit Hold'em event, with a $30,000 guaranteed prize pool.  There will be eight flights (over the next four days), with an afternoon (11:00am) and evening (6:00pm) flight for players to choose from.  Those players that bag chips, will then return on Sunday (12:00pm) for Day 2, as the event plays down to a winner.

The tournament is structured with starting stacks of 14,000 units, and levels that last (20) minutes over the course of the event.  The registration period for each flight is open through Level 8, with the day scheduled to end after Level 18 (or if 10% of the field remains, whichever comes first).  The tournament uses the big blind ante format, which was utilized for numerous events during the FSPC.  

Promotions: From (9:00am-10:00am), the high hand will award $150 every (30) minutes.  The high hands will then transition from 10:00am-12:00am (midnight), with the opportunity to win $400 every (30) minutes.  During that period, the promotion sees tournament players eligible (Isle Open events not eligible for high hand) each half-hour for $100 high hands, 2/2 limit hold'em players eligible for $200 high hands, 2/4 limit hold'em players eligible for $300 high hands, and all other raked games (1/2-5/10 NLH, 4/8 Omaha 8B, 6/12 O.E., etc.) eligible for $400 high hands.  From 12:00am-9:00am, players are eligible for $100 high hands every hour.

It should also be noted that players are able to win the high hand using only one card in their hand.  The payouts for those that use one card are different than the standard numbers listed above, and can be found (full listing of one-card payouts on flyers in the poker room).

11:00am - $100 No Limit Hold'em ($30,000 GTD) Flight 1A

- Players start with 14,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (20) minutes

- Players to bag chips from any of the starting flights, will return Sunday (August 5th) at 12:00pm

6:00pm - $100 No Limit Hold'em ($30,000 GTD) Flight 1B

- Players start with 14,000 in tournament chips

- Late and re-entries for the first (8) levels

- Alternates and late entries will start with a full stack

- Levels will last (20) minutes

- Players to bag chips from any of the starting flights, will return Sunday (August 5th) at 12:00pm